Maxwell Kennel, "Ontologies of Violence: Deconstruction, Pacifism, and Displacement" (Brill, 2023)
New Books in Critical Theory
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The Diagnostic Concept of Violence
Violence is a direct reflection of our values. Without symbolic boundaries that encircle what we value, we wouldn't use the term violence to name a violation or a crossing. So I noticed that it's like hard to find an example of violence where a line isn't being crossed or a boundary around something important isn't being like transgressed. And so if you call something violent, that tells me something about where you think the lines are.
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